Opinion
Wetoesd^y, October 14, 1992
The Clackamas Print
Pg. 5
Attention all Oregon voters
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I am writing this article to
tell you about voting, which is
what you should be doing. I want
to remind you that this is not a
public service announcement This
is, rather, my personal appeal to
you, the general public, to take
control of your nation, which is
what you do when you vote. Vot
ing is one of our constitutional
duties that we need to exercise. If
we can fight for our country, we
can vote for who runs it.
Voting is important, regard
less of social status, money, race,
gender, etc. Voting will not cost
you anything (at least in the United
States), so anyone can register
once they turn 18.1 registered on
my 18th birthday, right on the
day.
One vote matters. That was.
the margin that spared Andrew
Johnson from impeachment.
Granted, the Senate voted on that
in 1868, but if one vote mattered
then, imagine how much more
important it matters now in this
day and age of very controversial
issues. Your vote states your opin
ion on the issue.
You can vote on what be
comes law in Oregon. Oregon
was one of the first states to use
initiative and referendum (it still
does to this day). Initiative is the
process when the people make a
petition drive to get
a bill on the ballot.
They then vote on
it. All that is needed
is a majority vote;
or the slightest bit
above 50 percent, for
it to become law.
Referendum is when
the State Legislature
puts the bill directly
before the people to vote on it.
Again, all that is needed is a ma
jority vote for it to become law.
You can also vote to get a
politician out of office if you do
not believe he is doing a good
job; re-elect him ifhe does a good
job; or if you do not like his oppo
just sit there-VOTE! Do your
nation a service. JFK once said,
“Ask not what your country can ,
do for you, ask what you can do
for your country!” And what can
you do for your country? Vote.
Nothing else is more important.
Let’s not fall victim to the
conspiracy of silence that the
powers that be would subject us
to. It is about time we took this
country back.
what he represents, you can vote
Clarification
In the April 22, 1992 edi
tion of The Clackamas Print,
Editor Rob Hibberd wrote an
article about the Oregon Citi
zens* Alliance.
As part of that story, Hib
berd referred to a news item
"The notion of evaluating literature on the
basis of the writer's sexual orientation
would be laughable if it were not so
dangerous."
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Deborah L. Jacobs
President, Oregon Library Association
Homosexuality
that was printed in The Laven
der Network, a gay/lesbian
magazine published in Eugene.
In that publication, a story ran
regarding incidents of hate calls
being made to "After 8," a
Corvallis-based gay/lesbian ad
vocacy group. The story said
that several threats were made
by male callers who identified
themselves as OCA members.
In The Clackamas Print;
Hibberd's story said the callers
were made by members of the
OCA. We have no evidence
that the threats attributed to the
OCA were in fact made by OCA
For 9
Scott lively
Communkalions
Oregon Citizens Allidnc
members.
The Clackamas Print re
grets the error.
Against 9:
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Charles Hinkle, Attorney
Past President, A.C|®|
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Noon,
haven’t already done so, register
to vote. And if you have, don’t
nent.
If there is one, and you like
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Public Fonim and Debate:
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for a third-party candidate. All
throughout the nation’s history,
third parties have played a very
important role in American poli
tics. Third parties have made or
broke presidential and guber
natorial candidates in the two
major parties.
I am writing this article to
call to attention the need to vote
and the fact that this is an elec
tion year. So I beg of you, if you
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